What a difference four years make. "La Mutinerie!" screamed the headline splashed across the back page of French daily newspaper Le Parisien on 21 June 2010.

And it doesn't take my B Grade in GCSE French to tell you what means. That's right - 'The Mutiny'.

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Four years ago today, the French players refused to train after Nicolas Anelka was sent home for giving an expletive-laden piece of his mind to coach Raymond Domenech.

"I have to wonder if Didier Deschamps wasn't dropped in a church font when he was born." - Michel Platini.

Deschamps is the diminutive midfielder lifting the World Cup trophy at the far right of the picture below. Derided by Eric Cantona as "the water carrier" during his playing days, the ex-Marseille, Juventus, Chelsea and Valencia midfielder has more silverware than a kitchen utensil shop.

Now France's 1998 World Cup-winning skipper is bidding to become the third man to lift the trophy as both a player and manager. Talented or just plain lucky? If he wins the Euromillions any time soon then it will definitely be the latter.

If France beat the Swiss then it will be only the second time they have won their opening two World Cup group matches. The first? That came on home soil in 1998. And we all know what happened then....

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France attacker Antoine Griezmann:, external Second match! We want the three points! #ImpossibleNestPasFrancais

BBC Weather's Phil Avery has been casting his expert eye on the weather over in Salvador ahead of the match. He says: "Salvador will be dry with temperatures reaching 22°C. It will stay humid with a 7mph breeze."

And that explains why there are plenty of sunglasses covering the eyes of fans in Salvador.

Despite the ease of that win, Les Bleus boss Didier Deschamps makes two changes to his starting XI.

Juventus box-to-boxer Paul Pogba surprisingly gets the chop, as does Real Sociedad young gun Antoine Griezmann - despite both impressing against Honduras. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud gets the nod alongside Newcastle United midfielder Moussa Sissoko as the men to take their place.

As the pictures below show (19:15) - and to be honest they don't do it full justice - France's opening match against Honduras was far from friendly. In fact, it was pretty brutal.

Les Bleus took a Rocky Balboa-style pounding before climbing off the canvas - like the Italian Stallion - to knock out the Hondurans with a 3-0 win.

SR, Deal: "Looking forward to seeing whether France look as good against 11 well-organised Swiss as they did against 10 ramshackle Hondurans. I suspect not. French defence looks a bit shaky to me."

Switzerland looked far from the sixth best team on the planet for most of their opening game. But some inspired tactical decisions from coach Ottmar Hitzfeld turned the tide in their favour.

Trailing at the half-time break, Hitzfeld chucked on striker Admir Mehmedi, who bagged the leveller three minutes. Then, another Swiss substitute, Haris Seferovic swept in the injury-time winner, just 15 minutes after coming on.

Both players are rewarded with starts against the French.

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If I said that one of these two nations was the seeded team ranked sixth in the world, I'd lay my last Euro on you thinking that was France. Not so.

Switzerland's seedings, in the context of a summer sporting tournament, are usually restricted to tennis stars Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in the men's singles draw at Wimbledon. But not any more.

Ottmar Hitzfeld's side aced their way through qualification, serving up some big performances to ease their way to Brazil. Can they secure their own Grand Slam of wins against Ecuador, France and Honduras? They are already 15-0 up after a 2-1 opening win against Ecuador....

Life as a live text commentator can be a lonely existence. Sat in a dark office, with just coffee and biscuits for company, eagerly waiting for your tweets and texts to provide interaction with the outside world. Don't leave me feeling lonely.

Are France genuine contenders to win the Coupe de Monde again? Will they come unstuck against the Swiss? Who do you think killed Lucy Beale in Eastenders?

Whatever is occupying your mind at the moment, then don't be shy in letting us know (I was joking about the Eastenders chat obviously). Tweet using #bbcworldcup, text 81111, or post on Facebook page., external Go go go!

Bonjour mesdames et messieurs! No apologies for the Gallic welcome, because we about to see two French-speaking nations go head-to-head in Group E.

One, of course, is France, while the other is their near-neighbours Switzerland. OK, French is just one of four official languages spoken in the Alpine country, but these two nations are cosy neighbours. The sort of neighbours that would happily pop round for a cup of tea or natter over the fence when hanging the washing out.

But there is no room for a friendly rivalry in the World Cup - is there?

POW!

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CRASH!

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CLUNK!

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France's opening match against the hawkish Hondurans resembled a Batman fight scene more than a football game at times. But the villainous Central Americans were sent packing by the French as quickly as the Riddler or Mr Freeze.

Switzerland starting XI: Benaglio, Lichtsteiner, Von Bergen, Inler (c), Seferovic, Xhaka, Behrami, Rodriguez, Mehmedi, Djourou, Shaqiri.

France starting XI: Lloris (c), Debuchy, Evra, Varane, Sakho, Cabaye, Valbuena, Giroud, Benzema, Matuidi, Sissoko.

Switzerland head coach Ottmar Hitzfeld must decide whether to start with either of the substitutes who scored in the 2-1 win over Ecuador.

Admir Mehmedi could be preferred to winger Valentin Stocker but match-winner Haris Seferovic admits he is unlikely to displace Josip Drmic.

France are optimistic that midfielder Yohan Cabaye will recover from a groin problem in time to play.

Cabaye, Patrice Evra and Paul Pogba are all one booking from a ban.